Sökning: "Contemporary context"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 581 avhandlingar innehållade orden Contemporary context.

1. 21. Between Militarism and Technocratic Governance : State Formation in Contemporary Uganda

   Författare :Anders Sjögren; Björn Beckman; Abdul Raufu Mustapha; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; state formation; civil society; militarism; governance; regimes; informalisation; public sector reform; health care; local politics; Masaka; Uganda; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : State-civil society relations in Africa have during recent decades been transformed in the context of economic liberalisation and state reform. This study explores state-civil society relations in contemporary Uganda, from 1986 to the present, in order to illustrate and explain the scope for and capacity of different social forces to create access to and democratise the state. LÄS MER

3. 22. Ardent propaganda : miner's novels and class conflict, 1929-1939

   Författare :David Bell; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; working-class; miners; roman à thèse; ideology; genre; context; communication;

   Sammanfattning : This study of the contribution of working-class fiction to the debate on class conflict in Britain is based on four novels written by two ex-miners between 1929 and 1939: The Gate of a Strange Field (1929) and Last Cage Down (1935), by Harold Heslop, and Cwmardy (1937) and We Live (1939), by Lewis Jones. These novels represent, in work­ing-class fiction, a unique combination of an archetypal working-class occupation, min­ing, with central features of the 1930s cultural discourse, the role of political ideology in literature. LÄS MER

4. 23. Arts and Crafts Divine : Teaching and Learning Ritual Magic in Sodalitas Rosae Crucis

   Författare :Olivia Cejvan; Religionshistoria och religionsbeteendevetenskap; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; religionsantropologi; Ritual Studies; Levd religion; magi; Esoterism; Contemporary esotericism; anthropology of religion; ritual magic; Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn; Social Learning Theory; contemporary esotericism; initiation; narrative; spirituality; lived religion; ritual studies;

   Sammanfattning : This is an anthropological study of teaching and learning as it unfolds in a contemporary esoteric society in Sweden, the Sodalitas Rosae Crucis (SRC), founded in 2002. It perpetuates the teachings of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, an influential esoteric society instituted in Victorian London. LÄS MER

5. 24. Mastering change through innovative initiatives: Contextual ambidexterity as a process

   Författare :Johanna Pregmark; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Contemporary context; Contextual ambidexterity; Action research; Exploration; Change models; System change; Innovation;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis focuses on how innovative work, driven within an established organization, can be a component for mastering change in a contemporary context. This issue has been widely addressed; however, clear solutions have not yet been obtained, in either practice or theory. LÄS MER

7. 25. The anatomy of sustainable domestic laundering behaviour

   Författare :Erik Klint; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; interdisciplinary; contemporary; consumer psychology; laundry; behavioural change; sharing;

   Sammanfattning : Today’s washing appliances are much more efficient than those of a decade ago, yet the environmental benefits of this efficiency are counteracted by changes in consumer behaviour. This thesis presents two alternative ways to limit emissions from domestic laundering, as well as to better understand consumer behaviour related to the practice of keeping clothes clean. LÄS MER